The Origins of International Investment Law
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The Origins of International Investment Law

Empire, Environment and the Safeguarding of Capital

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The Origins of International Investment Law

Empire, Environment and the Safeguarding of Capital

About this book

International investment law is a complex and dynamic field. Yet, the implications of its history are under explored. Kate Miles examines the historical evolution of international investment law, assessing its origins in the commercial and political expansionism of dominant states during the seventeenth to early twentieth centuries and the continued resonance of those origins within modern foreign investment protection law. In particular, the exploration of the activities of the Dutch East India Company, Grotius' treatises, and pre-World War II international investment disputes provides insight into current controversies surrounding the interplay of public and private interests, the systemic design of investor-state arbitration, the substantive focus of principles, and the treatment of environmental issues within international investment law. In adopting such an approach, this book provides a fresh conceptual framework through which contemporary issues can be examined and creates new understandings of those controversies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. List of abbreviations
  5. Table of internationaland domestic cases
  6. Table of treaties and otherinternational instruments
  7. Introduction
  8. Part I Historical evolution of foreign investment protection law
  9. 1 Origins of international investment law
  10. 2 ‘The dynamic of a politically oriented law’: foreign investment protection in a changing political environment
  11. Part II Contemporary interaction: foreign investment, imperialism, and environmental protection
  12. 3 Polarisation of positions
  13. 4 Hints at synergy
  14. Part III Foreign investment law, practices, and policy: future trends
  15. 5 Transformation in international law: applying developments to foreign investment
  16. 6 Paths towards a reconceptualised international law on foreign investment
  17. 7 Conclusion: patterns of power in international investment law
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index